Celebration Week, 2016

Neurological research demonstrates that young children’s brains are extraordinarily active and that early childhood is the optimal time for learning and development (Shore, 1997; Blakemore and Frith, 2005).

During this scholastic year (2015-2016) Zabbar Primary A organised a week full of activities to celebrate the different strengths, abilities and interests of its pupils.

The aim behind this celebration week was to demonstrate that the best outcomes in teaching and learning are achieved when all aspects (social, physical, intellectual, emotional and creative abilities) of the children’s development are stimulated (Dahlberg, Moss, and Pence, 1999; Sylva, Siraj-Blachford and Taggart, 2003).

With the help of class teachers, complementary teachers, peripatetic teachers, kindergarten assistants, LSAs and parents/carers the school highlighted the fact that teaching and learning should focus on the whole child and on his/her development across the following domains (Gardner, 1993):

Linguistic (reading, playing word games, making up poetry or stories);